(RARE MICHIGAN MAP) Harbor at Saint Joseph Mich.

Saint Joseph, Michigan, 1891. Map. Very Good. Map. 1st Edition. A RARE late 19th century Michigan map, apparently unrecorded, dated by "Soundings taken December 11th - 18th 1891". A manuscript map by E.C. Dunbar, Ass. Engr., on translucent vellum architectural paper, 39" x 30", "Scale 1 inch = 100 feet, Soundings reduced to zero of U.S. guage react - 20 ft." Drawn in black ink, with State Street in pencil and red ink for the Vandalia Lines Depot Grounds area. Very Good, light soiling and light wear at edges, "24" in black ink at bottom right and top corners, with the 24 top right inked out and replaced with "106-17" in black ink. Of particular interest (truncated) is the small drawing about half way up the right edge of a shore bird with a frog in its mouth! Along with several streets the map shows The Morrison Channel, St. Joseph River, and the Pawpaw River. It also shows the lines of the West Michigan Railroad, Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railroad, and the Lake Michigan Railroad Vandalia Lines. 1891 was the year that Saint Joseph was incorporated as a city. An amazing piece of Southwestern Michigan history. . (Inventory #: 010274)